SysInternals suite Process Explorer is part of sysinternals and is an advanced process management utility that picks up where Task Manager leaves off. It will show you detailed information about a process including its icon, command-line, full image path, memory statistics, user account, security attributes, and more. When you zoom in on a particular process you … Read more
Citrix Cloud Provider Pack The Citrix Cloud Provider Pack is a set of technologies which complements Citrix hosted desktop solutions to provide new levels of automation, seamless hybrid cloud experience and mobility. Source: http://blogs.citrix.com/2012/03/19/fast-moving-clouds-2/ App orchestration technology: We hear over and over again that cloud providers are looking for ways to reduce costs of their … Read more
PortableApps.com is the world’s most popular portable software solution allowing you to take your favorite software with you. A fully open source and free platform, it works on any portable storage device (USB flash drive, iPod, memory card, portable hard drive, etc) as well as local storage and cloud storage options. With millions of users … Read more
The following articles detail useful shortcuts and management tasks of Windows Server 2012: http://windowsitpro.com/windows-server-2012/top-10-essential-windows-server-2012-keyboard-shortcuts http://www.petri.co.il/keyboard-shortcuts-for-windows-server-2012.htm http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh831491.aspx
Make sure that you configure your browser settings properly when accessing any sites with hosted apps/desktops, based on the Sharepoint 2013 browser general guidance. Internet Explorer: Follow instructions at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc263202.aspx#configurebrowser Other browser: For information about supported browsers, see http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc263526.aspx
PowerShell Deployment Toolkit Source: https://blogs.technet.com/b/privatecloud/archive/2013/02/08/deployment-introducing-powershell-deployment-toolkit.aspx Rob Willis (MSFT) In this post, I want to provide an overview of the “PowerShell Deployment Toolkit”, or PDT. PDT is a set of scripts and knowledge that can be used to deploy… well, probably just about anything, but the samples we provide are for deployment of System Center 2012 SP1. … Read more
Packet sniffing (aka packet analyzing) can prove a very useful method in providing administrators detailed information on the communication among various servers in a hosted environment. The following tools are indispensable when it comes to packet sniffing: Microsoft Network Monitor available at http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=4865 . Wireshark is also a great alternative. However Microsoft Network Monitor is usually preferred … Read more
The following resources provide a good starting point to understand and practice IP addressing and subnetting if you have no previous experience with TCP/IP networking: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/tech/tk365/technologies_tech_note09186a00800a67f5.shtml http://www.watchguard.com/infocenter/editorial/135183.asp http://www.petri.co.il/csc_convert_ip_address_from_decimal_to_binary.htm
